1989 LSU Tigers baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 baseball 1989 LSU Tigers Louisiana State University (block logo).svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 55–17 18–9 Skip Bertman (6th year) Alex Box Stadium NCAA Central Regional champions College World Series 2–2 The 1989 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his sixth season as head coach at LSU. The Tigers reached the College World Series, their third appearance in Omaha, where they finished 4th after wins against 1989 Long Beach State Dirtbags Long Beach State and Miami (FL) and losses to Miami and eventual runner-up Texas. Personnel Roster 1989 LSU Tigers rosterhttps://lsusports.net/sports/bsb/roster/season/1989/ LSU Tigers Baseball Roster 1989 January 7, 2026 Pitchers 2 - Greg Naquin - Senior 14 - Jason Wall - Junior 16 - Paul Byrd - Freshman 17 - Keith Millay - Freshman 19 - Ben McDonald - Junior 30 - Chad Ogea - Freshman 32 - David Herry - Sophomore 33 - Russ Springer - Junior 37 - Mark LaRosa - Sophomore 40 - Rusty Jenkins - Freshman 41 - John O'Donoghue - Sophomore 42 - Curt Leskanic - Junior Catchers 5 - Mike Bianco - Senior 8 - Gary Hymel - Sophomore 35 - Mickey Mondello - Freshman 39 - Richard Doughty - Junior Outfielders 4 - Ron Lim - Junior 9 - Todd Waggoner - Senior 11 - Scott Schneidewind - Senior 18 - Jared Mula - Freshman 20 - Matt Gruver - Senior 21 - Kevin Berry - Junior 24 - Craig Cala - Senior 51 - Eric Strovink - Freshman Infielders 1 - Tookie Johnson - Sophomore 3 - Keith Osik - Sophomore 7 - Chris Moock - Sophomore 10 - Glenn Haggerty - Freshman 12 - Pat Garrity - Sophomore 13 - Luis Garcia - Freshman 23 - Phil Espinosa - Senior 27 - Pete Bush - Senior 29 - Mike Graham - Freshman 36 - Wes Grisham - Junior Coaches 1989 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staffSkip Bertman - Head coach - 6th Season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 4th Season Beetle Bailey - Assistant coach Jim Wells - Graduate Assistant Coach - 3rd season Randy Davis - Graduate Assistant Coach Jeff Southall - Graduate Assistant Coach Schedule and results Legend LSU win LSU loss 1989 LSU Tigers baseball game loghttps://lsusports.net/sports/bsb/schedule/season/1989/ LSU Tigers Baseball Schedule 1989 January 8, 2026Regular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Feb 11 1989 TCU Horned Frogs TCU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–2 1–0 Feb 12 TCU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–5 2–0 Feb 14 1989 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–1 3–0 Feb 17 1989 Mercer Bears Mercer* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–4 4–0 Feb 18 Mercer* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 5–0 Feb 19 Mercer* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–7 6–0 Feb 21 1989 Louisiana College Wildcats Louisiana College* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–3 7–0 Feb 24 vs 1989 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge III) W 6–0 8–0 Feb 25 vs 1989 Oral Roberts Golden Hurricane Oral Roberts* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge III) W 10–7 9–0 Feb 26 vs 1989 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge III) L 7–911 9–1 Feb 28 1989 Southern Jaguars Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 19–6 10–1 March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Mar 1 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–05 11–1 Mar 4 at 1989 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Lower Hudson Field • Knoxville, TN L 1–57 11–2 0–1 Mar 4 at Tennessee Lower Hudson Field • Knoxville, TN W 7–0 12–2 1–1 Mar 5 at Tennessee Lower Hudson Field • Knoxville, TN W 9–3 13–2 2–1 Mar 8 1989 New Orleans Privateers New Orleans* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–1 14–2 Mar 11 1989 Florida Gators Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–0 15–2 3–1 Mar 12 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 16–2 4–1 Mar 12 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 2–17 17–2 5–1 Mar 14 1989 George Washington Colonials George Washington* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–3 18–2 Mar 15 1989 St. John's Redmen St. John's* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–8 19–2 Mar 16 St. John's* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–5 20–2 Mar 18 at 1989 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 11–711 21–2 6–1 Mar 19 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 15–07 22–2 7–1 Mar 19 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY L 9–12 22–3 7–2 Mar 23 1989 Northwestern State Demons Northwestern State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–5 23–3 Mar 24 1989 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Stephen F. Austin* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–3 24–3 Mar 25 Stephen F. Austin* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–1 25–3 Mar 26 at 1989 Tulane Green Wave Tulane* Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA W 4–3 26–3 Mar 28 at 1989 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Southwestern Louisiana* Moore Family Field • Lafayette, LA W 4–1 27–3 Mar 30 Tulane* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–313 28–3 April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Apr 1 1989 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–67 29–3 8–2 Apr 1 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–6 30–3 9–2 Apr 2 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–1 31–3 10–2 Apr 5 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–4 32–3 Apr 8 at 1989 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 11–5 33–3 11–2 Apr 8 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 4–7 34–3 12–2 Apr 9 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 1–2 34–4 12–3 Apr 11 1989 Southeastern Louisiana Lions Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–1 35–4 Apr 12 1989 Nicholls State Colonels Nicholls State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–7 35–5 Apr 15 1989 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–48 35–6 12–4 Apr 15 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–4 35–7 12–5 Apr 16 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 19–9 36–7 13–5 Apr 19 Southwestern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 6–9 36–8 Apr 20 at Northwestern State* H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 14–6 37–8 Apr 22 at 1989 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 7–17 38–8 14–5 Apr 22 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–310 39–8 15–5 Apr 23 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA L 2–4 39–9 15–6 Apr 25 1989 Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–6 40–9 Apr 26 at New Orleans* Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 5–1 41–9 Apr 29 1989 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–107 42–9 16–6 Apr 29 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–4 43–9 17–6 Apr 30 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–9 43–10 17–7May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 6 at 1989 Auburn Tigers Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 0–17 43–11 17–8 May 6 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 8–12 43–12 17–9 May 7 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 8–1 44–12 18–9PostseasonLSU Tigers 1989 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament SEC Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SECT Record May 11 (5) Georgia (2) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 6–3 45–12 1–0 May 12 (3) Florida (2) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 6–8 45–13 1–1 May 13 (6) Auburn (2) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 5–8 45–14 1–2May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 19 1989 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–2 46–14 May 20 Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–1 47–14 May 21 Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–5 48–14LSU Tigers 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Central Regional NCAA Central Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 25 (5) 1989 UNLV Rebels UNLV (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 12–10 49–14 1–0 May 26 (3) 1989 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 4–6 49–15 1–1 May 27 (5) UNLV (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 13–8 50–15 2–1 May 27 (3) South Alabama (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 6–5 51–15 3–1 May 28 (1) 1989 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 13–5 52–15 4–1 May 28 (1) Texas A&M (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 5–411 53–15 5–1LSU Tigers 1989 College World Series College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 3 (3) Miami (FL) (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–5 53–16 0–1 June 4 (7)1989 Long Beach State Dirtbags Long Beach State (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–5 54–16 1–1 June 6 (3) Miami (FL) (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–3 55–16 2–1 June 8 (2) Texas (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 12–7 55–17 2–2 References Category:LSU Tigers baseball seasons LSU Tigers Category:College World Series seasons LSU Tigers baseball